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afrol News, 12 October - Nearly 1.5 million people have been affected by floods and 377 killed in Western and Central Africa, with Chad, northern Cameroon, Niger and Nigeria facing a serious cholera epidemic, relief officials reported today.

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afrol News, 12 May - The Afriqiyah Airways flight from Johannesburg crashing at Tripoli airport today had not fallen victim to a terrorist act, the government of Libya was quick to emphasise today. At least 104 people were killed in the crash.

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afrol News, 15 April - African governments are set to adopt new mechanisms and strategies to reduce the risks of disaster hits on the continent. A newly adopted programme seeks to make places such as schools, hospitals and clinics and African cities safer against disasters.

» 09.03.2010 - Kenya floods affect 8,300
» 04.03.2010 - Red Cross appeals for aid
» 03.03.2010 - 2011-2020 declared decade of road safety
» 25.02.2010 - Ethiopia calls for back-up
» 11.02.2010 - International aid appeal launched for Niger
» 10.02.2010 - Beninese told to observe good hygiene
» 29.01.2010 - Another mishap for Ethiopian Airlines
» 27.01.2010 - Military helicopter kills four
» 25.01.2010 - 90 feared dead in Ethiopian Airline’s crash
» 19.01.2010 - $100 million for 14 neglected humanitarian crises
» 06.01.2010 - Over 20 killed by floods in Kenya – KRCS
» 04.01.2010 - DRC population still unharmed by volcano
» 21.12.2009 - Malawi needs aid for earthquake victims
» 16.12.2009 - Manto is dead
» 10.12.2009 - UN emergency response fund gets record support
» 10.12.2009 - African civil society essential for good governance
» 09.12.2009 - SA airliner could be grounded
» 09.12.2009 - 4.8 million Ethiopians need emergency food aid
» 08.12.2009 - Minister says SA skies among world safest
» 07.12.2009 - Egypt calls off search for ferry collision victims
» 01.12.2009 - UN launches $7.1 billion 2010 humanitarian appeal
» 25.11.2009 - UN makes $6 million for Madagascar’s cyclone forecasts
» 19.11.2009 - Spain doubles aid for Horn of Africa
» 23.10.2009 - Africa told to enhance actions to reduce disaster risk
» 13.10.2009 - Ethiopia still vulnerable to serious hunger
» 08.10.2009 - Environmentalists condemn Mozambique's planned damming of Zambezi
» 06.10.2009 - Indian Ocean nations to test tsunami warning system
» 23.09.2009 - UN steps up work in W/Africa and flashes urgent appeal for Ethiopia
» 21.09.2009 - Horn of Africa facing severe food insecurity, FAO
» 21.09.2009 - Rescuers abandon search for survivors
» 17.09.2009 - Toxic wastes caused deaths, illnesses in Côte d’Ivoire - UN expert
» 16.09.2009 - WHO warns of possible after floods health disaster in W/Africa
» 11.09.2009 - Search for bodies continues off Sierra Leone coast
» 11.09.2009 - Kenya preparing for impact of possible torrential rains
» 08.09.2009 - More people affected by West African floods
» 08.09.2009 - Diarrhoea threatens to wreaks havoc in Ethiopia
» 04.09.2009 - UN disaster team in Burkina Faso
» 02.09.2009 - East Africa forces hold 1st ever joint field training exercise
» 27.07.2009 - Madagascar’s humanitarian appeal revised down
» 23.07.2009 - Côte d'Ivoire fined $47,000 after stampede
» 21.07.2009 - Miners killed after a shaft collapse
» 20.07.2009 - Rare gorillas flee to DRC
» 15.07.2009 - Benin flood victims visited by ECOWAS
» 17.06.2009 - South Africa and Egypt lead the traffic accidents in Africa
» 02.06.2009 - Over 60 illegal miners die in abandoned SA shaft
» 27.05.2009 - Military chopper crashes near Somalia
» 18.05.2009 - Over 11 million people displaced in central and east Africa
» 08.05.2009 - DRC in the face of another volcanic eruption
» 30.04.2009 - SADC issues regional warning for travelers amidst swine flu outbreak
» 30.04.2009 - Climate change increases Zambia cholera numbers
» 07.04.2009 - AfDB approves $2 million for drought and floods relief
» 07.04.2009 - UN launches humanitarian aid appeal for Madagascar
» 02.04.2009 - Libya search called off
» 01.04.2009 - Libya says more than 230 could be dead
» 31.03.2009 - Operation to rescue mineworkers in Tanzania continues
» 31.03.2009 - 15 dead in Burkina Faso's canoe accident
» 30.03.2009 - Soccer stampede kills 22
» 24.03.2009 - Kenya deploys security officers to help fight wild fires
» 23.03.2009 - Wild fire forces animals to flee Kenya forest
» 09.03.2009 - Friday crash was an accident – Tsvangirai
» 09.03.2009 - Cargo plane plunges into Lake Victoria - 11 feared dead
» 27.02.2009 - 6 killed in a building collapse
» 20.02.2009 - Plane crash kills 5 in Egypt
» 19.02.2009 - Angola vaccinates animals as rabies takes toll
» 13.02.2009 - Southern Africa Cholera linked to Zimbabwe
» 11.02.2009 - UN launches fundraising campaign for Kenya famine
» 10.02.2009 - Zimbabwe receives $11 million in humanitarian aid
» 06.02.2009 - Children escape death in hospital
» 05.02.2009 - Six die in snow roof collapse
» 30.01.2009 - 13 bodies recovered after Wednesday supermarket blaze
» 27.01.2009 - Kenya scrapes maize import duties
» 26.01.2009 - Kenya govt dissolves cereal board
» 26.01.2009 - Thousands could face hunger in Liberia
» 26.01.2009 - 8 killed after heavy storms in Algeria
» 23.01.2009 - Uganda bans social gatherings as meningitis toll rises
» 21.01.2009 - Caterpillars invade Liberia's villages
» 20.01.2009 - What prayers would save the Zim situation?
» 19.01.2009 - $5 million boost for cholera fight in Zim
» 19.01.2009 - Helicopter crash kills 7 in Gabon
» 16.01.2009 - Kibaki appeals for $400 million in food aid
» 13.01.2009 - Landslide kills 6 in Algeria
» 09.01.2009 - Kenya under famine threat
» 22.12.2008 - Zim and DRC named in 'Top Ten' worst crises states
» 19.12.2008 - Mugabe torment citizens to tighten his grip on power
» 26.11.2008 - Explosion kills more than 20 in Ghana
» 26.11.2008 - Teething concoction kills 25 children in Nigeria
» 06.11.2008 - Morocco secures $100 million to combat effects of natural disasters
» 31.10.2008 - Six tourists killed in road accident
» 27.10.2008 - SA Mining giants warned of deteriorating safety
» 24.10.2008 - Another small plane crash in South Africa
» 22.10.2008 - Somali children given first priority in crisis food distribution
» 21.10.2008 - Six perish in SA aircrash
» 21.10.2008 - Thousands displaced by Kenya flash floods
» 17.10.2008 - South African gold mines resume operations
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